QuoteReplyTopic: Girl, 7, sent home over locs Posted: Sep 05 2013 at 5:24am

School Sends Girl, 7, Home Over Her ‘Distracting Dreadlocks’

A 7-year-old Tulsa girl was sent home form her elementary school because her dreadlocks were too much of a distraction, Fox 23 News Tulsa reports.

Terrance Parker said Deborah Brown Community School officials “hassled” him about Tiana‘s
dreadlocks, until he was told his daughter could no longer attend
classes. She didn’t look “presentable, Parker said he was told.

“She’s always presentable. I take pride in my kids looking nice,” said Parker.

However, the school told Fox 23 that Parker knew that it had very
strict dress-code rules–especially when it comes to hair. NewsOne
reviewed the school’s dress code
and it clearly states on page 13 that “hairstyles such as dreadlocks,
afros, mohawks, and other faddish styles are unacceptable.” Deborah
Brown school officials feel the hairstyle could cause distractions, a
statement that surprises Parker.

“She went to the school last year and didn’t have any problems,” he said.

When a Fox 23 reporter asked little Tiana why she was removed from
classes, she burst into tears. “because they didn’t like my dreads,” she
said. “I think that they should let me have my dreads.”

Tiana ended up having to enroll in a new school, where she wears a different uniform but has the same hairstyle.

If I ever teach in the United States, can I send little Johnny Mulligan home if he wears a mullet? I find that shyt distracting. Or how about Rebecca Smith? If her parents decide to color her hair with chalk, can I send her home?

some of these school need to choose their battkes...tgere are people waiting for a good reason to sue. denyimg her of education of hair. The staff and teachers need some diversity training ie Not everyone wears weave what if that child had a bald head would she be sent home bc the hairstyle is to manly.

kids have been going to school like this for years...why is it suddenly so distracting? i see all kinds of hair everyday taking my own kids... none of them are being sent home. mohawks, spikes of all colors...smh.

Her hair was a mess. Obviously daddy the barber can't comb it and decided dreads for his daughter was the right choice and he doesn't even wear friggin DReads? What the friggin hell? Her hair was/is a mess.

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